My first meditation teacher told me that there is no such thing as a bad meditation. He was right. During the difficult meditations you build up your strength, which creates meditation for peace.
AJAHN BRAHMLove, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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Love, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
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What are people searching for in life? God. In the christian scriptures, it says ‘Be still and know you are God.’ What is this? You are peace, compassion, truth, Love, freedom. Real love.
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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
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How many times have you tried to solve “the problem”? you’ll be trying to solve it not just until you die but for many more lifetimes. .
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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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Life is what’s happening while you’re worrying.
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It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights.
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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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When you have abandoned all past and future, it is as if you have come alive. You are here, mindful…the nature of all types of consciousness reveals itself.
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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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If you know how to let go and be at peace, you know everything you need to know about living in the world.
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When life falls apart always remember that this too will pass. Life will have its unexpected turns.
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Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.
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